Devastus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Fantasy]

Yeah, no wonder it's so popular.

Albeit a bit old (a bit over a year, to be exact), I'm not surprised to see the rather massive 72 number in the entries. I'm not much into Drum n' Bass or techno stuff myself, and still I like this one alot. What I'm wondering is that how I can like this song even though it's so much used, usually that thing tends to annoy me so much.

You've got a big name to hold onto. And reputation is hard to keep at the same level since not all the songs a composer makes can be masterpieces, right? :)

Anyway, keep it up.

[_-={From Darkness, Rise}=-_]

Like Heroes-tunes

And I love those tunes. Gives me an inspiration to work on a new song aswell. Very nice work, really.

Don't have any advices or stuff like that to say, since mixing is very good and the song has dynamics.

[Zero_bomb_symbal:cymbal]

Haha.

Very interesting I must say :P Very funny too, I'd say that you have kinda failed at making a "shitty" song with this :P

But, I'll give a zero since you demand it :P

[Metamorph]

Nice riffs

And a nice tone. Reminds me too of Jeff Waters. It's actually like, a mix between Pantera's (Dimebag's) and his. Good tone.

I don't think I can say much else about this, the mixing's good, shame that there's no vocals there.

Full points.

[Death by bear (w/vox)]

Very nice.

Nice riffs all along, added with fitting drumming. The mixing needs some checking however, especially with the vocals IMO. It didn't sound much like it's a part of the music, more like it's just stamped on it.

Anyway, very nice, 9/10 and a five.

XxCowMeatxX responds:

i agree... but iv been very lazy with that stuff lately. ill get to it eventually lol. thx for the review

[(WF1)Story book promises 1.5]

Nice.

Somehow the beginning melody with the synths didn't make it for me, but the one after it, around 00:41, was something that really stood out. Fits for many different things. You could always see if some more instruments would make the song better, maybe some quiet strings to go with the starting melody too. Maybe.

Pretty good mixing, pretty good melodies, You get 8/10 and 4/5.

wyldfyre1 responds:

thanks, yeah i was iffy with the first part as it went on i kinda liked it. The harp part i really did enjoy making and i think it worked well. Thanks for the review! =)

[The Egyptian Symphony Of Death]

Man, I'd like to hear this with real guitars

I gotta give a 9/10 for that, real guitars would have fucking owned with this composition. Nice orchestral stuff between, however I think somewhere around this song are those integration problems aswell which I told you about in my other review :P

Very nice, keep it going. And get yourself a good recording opportunity with the guitars :P

[Adapt to the Horde (vocals)]

Very nice, I like your vocal work alot.

9/10 and fived.

The mixing could be better. You should have lifted up the volume since it's a bit too silent in my opinion.

Very nice melodies, and I really like your growling and (your dad's it seems :P) clean stuff there.

Keep it up, man.

TwilightNecrosis responds:

Agreed. =p
Thanks, appreciate the honest review.
METAL FOREVER!!!!

[The Black Count's War]

Fitting for an older video game boss music

The melody is more than fitting to it, but I must say, the drums just plain suck :P

I like the rest of the stuff, though it (maybe) could have more differing in the progression. But nice going anyway.

You'll get 8/10, 4/5, 3.63 / 5.00 (+ 0.069).

[Necessary Suffering]

I feel bad for giving 9/10, but...

Even the song itself is a fucking kickass song, I need to take into consideration the fact that the vocals could have been mixed better into the song. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome as it is already, but I'm a picky bastard :P

Anyway, you get a five outta this.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks dude. Elf did these vocals and mixed them in a long time ago, so ...he is definitely better at mixing. I just hadn't posted this for a long ass time. haha.
No worries there.
Glad you like it overall. I'll probably revisit the music now that I have much better equipment as well, meaning elf will probably want to redo the vocals too. But thanks for the review, dude man. !